When Kate Flanagan's husband is sent to prison for armed robbery, she decides to make a new life for herself. She meets Amy Almond, an attractive woman who opens new doors of opportunity. But soon, Kate finds herself in great danger.

When Kate Flanagan's husband is sent to prison for armed robbery, she decides to make a new life for herself. She meets Amy Almond, an attractive woma...

Steinbeck's sole work of historical fiction, this tale recounts the story of Henry Morgan, who ruled the Spanish Main in the 1670s. He was consumed by two passions, to possess the mysterious woman known as La Santa Roja, and to conquer Panama and wrest the cup of gold from Spanish hands.

Steinbeck's sole work of historical fiction, this tale recounts the story of Henry Morgan, who ruled the Spanish Main in the 1670s. He was consumed by...

'I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands' It is 1547 and, after five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, Francis Crawford of Lymond - scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw - has at last come back to Edinburgh. But for many in an already divided Scotland, where conspiracies swarm around the infant Queen Mary like clouds of midges, he is not welcome. Lymond is wanted for treason and murder, and he is accompanied by a band of killers and ruffians who will only bring further violence and strife. Is he back...

'I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands' It is 1547 and, after five years impri...

This book deals with the Afro-American of the early twentieth century and is rich in folk beliefs attending every phase of daily life. The author has been unusually successful in portraying the relation between Aunt Betsey and the little boy, John; and Uncle Alford's tales of Brer Mole, Brer Rabbit, Brer Crickit, and many others have been considered by some readers to excel Uncle Remus. Humor pervades the book.

Originally published in 1929.

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This book deals with the Afro-American of the early twentieth century and is rich in folk beliefs attending every phase of daily life. The author has ...

Once enthralled by the grand vistas of travel, Frederic returns, a man cored out by experience and flight as Europe is about to burst into the fire of World War II. He, a sharp and worldly non-believer, returns to his beloved Hungary, to Rudi Wolf, his soul friend and Lia Mendez, his only love.

Once enthralled by the grand vistas of travel, Frederic returns, a man cored out by experience and flight as Europe is about to burst into the fire of...

The year is 1555. Rob Milburn is just seven. One night, they are raided by Scottish Reivers. His father killed, Rob is abducted, and taken him back to their home ground and hand him over to the monks of the abbey. But as he becomes absorbed at the abbey, he retains a fierce loyalty to his family, and swears that one day he will live up to it.

The year is 1555. Rob Milburn is just seven. One night, they are raided by Scottish Reivers. His father killed, Rob is abducted, and taken him back to...

In the backwoods of Nova Scotia, a man has decided to slowly simplify his life and withdraw his presence from the world. He builds a cabin, plants a garden. He befriends the few people he can reach within biking distance. He strikes up a relationship with a beautiful Huron-Wendat woman afflicted with wanderlust and who may be as damaged an individual as himself. In fits and starts, he begins to recount a story to his new friends, a tale of youthful passions, of idealism and...

Here is the long-overdue obituary for the unbridled greed glorified by Atlas Shrugged and the prophet of profit. In her story, Rand let free-marketers John Galt, Dagney Taggart, and their accomplices return triumphant from their strike to remake the world in the image of Godless self-interest. Now, on the 67th anniversary of their revolution, try as he may, Atlas can no longer simply shrug and Galt's successors and their dystopian creation of Free-For-All economics is about to come under attack from an enigmatic group known as the Prometheus Project. Against the backdrop of the epic struggle...

Here is the long-overdue obituary for the unbridled greed glorified by Atlas Shrugged and the prophet of profit. In her story, Rand let free-marketers...

The fifth volume in the series following the exploits of 16th-century soldier of fortune Francis Crawford of Lymond. From the silken palace of Suleiman the Magnificent to the barbaric court of Ivan the Terrible, Lymond is bound for Russia, where he fights his way to a position second only to Tsar.

The fifth volume in the series following the exploits of 16th-century soldier of fortune Francis Crawford of Lymond. From the silken palace of Suleima...

So ends the first chapter of this brilliantly readable counterfactual novel, reminding us that America's Christian fundamentalists have been consistently clear about their vision for a "Christian Nation" and dead serious about acquiring the political power to achieve it. When President McCain dies and Sarah Palin becomes president, the reader, along with the nation, stumbles down a terrifyingly credible path toward theocracy, realizing too late that the Christian right meant precisely what it said.

In the spirit of Philip Roth's The Plot Against America, one of America's foremost...

So ends the first chapter of this brilliantly readable counterfactual novel, reminding us that America's Christian fundamentalists have been consisten...